Transcript for California Woman Sues School District for Past Sexual Abuse

Kristen two -- shared the letter that triggered her filing the lawsuit this week attack by. -- -- -- -- -- -- Now I can't -- -- bury you in the letter dated June 12 1994. A former walking a -- a middle school student outlined being abused by a teacher. They -- they didn't -- you know that. That -- -- letters is abusing CNN's there are other letters and other memos and documentation that. That he was abusing students and getting away with -- -- Pages created a culture and an environment where that was acceptable. He says the principal and other administrators ignored the abuse at the time Elaine was a sixth grader. Two years later she too became a victim she turned to a trusted PE teacher Julie -- She watched as a southern. Person got away with and -- she had free reign to do it she wanted to do. -- says she was abused and threatened by Korea hundreds of times until she was a senior in high school. In 2010. She told police and the teacher Correia is now in prison. Elaine is currently the assistant head coach of UC Berkeley's women's swim team she felt she needed to do more to protect others from abuse. It's and then he is -- now at -- CNN news you know it's been in the news that the -- -- -- -- mean that's a good thing it doesn't mean that. That the sexual abuse is just starting and I think it's been a problem and I'm glad that people now are holding. Actual abusers -- common -- and the people who allow the abuse happened.

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